When a bacteriophage carrying bacterial DNA infects a new bacterium,
A) the recipient is usually killed.
B) the recipient keeps the transferred DNA in storage but does not replicate it.
C) it transfers bacterial DNA from the donor bacterium to the recipient bacterium.
D) only viral DNA is transferred to the recipient bacterium.
C) it transfers bacterial DNA from the donor bacterium to the recipient bacterium.
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